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Photography For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1980s
Period: 1990s
Composer and diarist Ned Rorem & designer Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and diarist Ned Rorem with his close friend designer Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed in Jack Mitchell'...
Category
1990s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Figurative photograph nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Sandrine
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Sandrine ‘ who was captured on film in...
Category
1990s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Portrait, Limited edition print, Contemporary black white, Analogue, Model - Ana
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘Ana ‘ who was captured on film in 1989. ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
Paris, France, Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph 1990s French Street Scene
Located in New york, NY
Paris, France, 1991 by Leonard Freed is a 14" x 11" vintage print, stamped on verso (back of photo) with Freed's copyright stamp, hand printed by the photographer, and signed on back of photo by artist.
A comedic French street scene of a business man with briefcase...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Sophie- Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Naked woman, Portrait
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
A classical approach, sensual not sexual
This image was captured on film.
This print that is bein...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film, Pi...
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Plantation Cocoyer
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Plantation Cocoyer
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait, A Season in Hell (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogravure on papier gravure Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main, mounted on papier Cartiere Enrico Magnani à la main moulé-pressé paper, as issued. Inscription: unsigned and unnumb...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Coup de filet
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print (Edition of 10)
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lisa- Limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual woman, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10
Morning light in Bordeaux, France.
Provenance : Ian Sanderson’s Estate
This image was captured on film.
The ne...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions that suggest Greek sculptures. A feminine and statuesque su...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Alaska Forest Stream - Black & White Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful black & white landscape photograph of forest trees and stream in the woods of Alaska, by Anchorage-based nature photographer George Provost (American, 20th Century). Hand signed and dated "George Provost 1989" lower right. Photograph is hand made from an 8x10 camera negative in a traditional "wet" darkroom, by the photographer. Mounted on white mat board. Unframed. Image size: 19"H x 15"W.
Born in California, Provost grew up in the Bay Area. He has lived and worked in Alaska since 1987, specializing in large format, fine art, black and white photography. His work has been exhibited in over 60 exhibitions, received numerous awards, and is included in hundreds of collections, both public and private.
George Provost was an Isle Royale...
Category
1980s American Realist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
'Nice Pool' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool'
60 x 60" inches / 152 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed in 2025
Limited to 150 prints only (regardless of ...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
Sophie- Signed limited edition contemporary print, Black white photo, Nude, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Sophie - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1995 - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then prin...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Portrait of Diego Armando Maradona - Vintage Photo - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage black and white photograph depicting Diego Armando Maradona wearing the Argentina shirt.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nude Paris Willy Ronis 20th Century French Humanist photography black and white
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
Willy Ronis is one of the most famous members of the French Humanist photography.
Silver print on photographic paper
Hand-signed by the artist lower right
Stamp of the artist's stud...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Georgianna, Paris 1994
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered with label
Also available in:
40 x 50 cm / 16 x 20 in
120 x 160 cm / 47 x 63 in
A portrait of a naked model from the side, she looks like a B...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Helene
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Helene ‘
Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Male Nudes, Portrait Photograph in Studio, Thompson and Brown
Located in New york, NY
A black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compar...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Chains of Love, Gelatin Silver Print, Hand Tinted, Portrait by Jan Saudek 1980s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
"Chains of love" is in a series of portraits by Jan Saudek, depicting two figures – either male or female chained together. In this work, the two models...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Voyeurism for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Voyeurism for Playboy is a black and white photograph realized by Helmut Newton.
Black and white photograph
From the series "Voyeurism " realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City
Located in Saint Louis, MO
S. Vincent Dillard
Blind Beggar - Broadway & 34th St., New York City, 1992
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
El Capitan, Yosemite Valley
By Ansel Adams
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin photograph, printed in the late 1920s on Kodak Vitava Athena paper, is signed in pencil beneath the image with a typeset title centered in the lower margi...
Category
1920s Modern Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique
Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Self Portrait
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered (4/6) in pencil, recto
Also blindstamped, l.r.
22 x 15 inches, sheet
10 x 8 inches, image
This artwork is o...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
Triggered, New York City, Black-and-White Photography of a Female Nude
Located in New york, NY
The subject, a nude, is shot from the female gaze. As a woman artist Roberta Fineberg enjoys working with life models for both her art and photography. The title of the photograph, Triggered, references both the cable release used to release the shutter of the camera to make the image and the volatility of human moods and emotions.
Triggered, 1994 by Roberta Fineberg is 14" x 11" a gelatin silver print in an edition of 5 with 2 artist's proofs. Signed, dated, titled by the artist. Available: 3/5
Provenance: RF Studio
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Artist's Bio:
As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary photography), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter.
RF, living in New York City, began her career as an editorial photographer while studying in Paris. In France she contributed both photography and writing to publications, landing a column (photos and text) with The Saturday Review while exhibiting photographs in public spaces. Roberta Fineberg’s freelance photography appeared in Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, Paris Match, L’Officiel Femme, Ms, Weltwoche, Vanguardia, among others with images licensed through stock agencies. Photographs were selected for cover art at W.W. Norton, St. Martin’s Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, Simon & Schuster, etc. Print Regional Design Annual New York (2003) awarded her for book jacket photography for If Wishes Were Horses. In 1997 Macmillan published City Riders: A Story of Riding and Friendship her first book of black-and-white photographs and a story about three teenage girls in the 1990s who rode horses at the now-defunct Claremont Riding Academy and oldest stable in New York City.
In 2023, RF created an interactive installation, works on paper on the female body, in a public space. In July 2022, Fineberg’s Double Helix was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York City and exhibited in the preview show Contemporary Discoveries. Selected exhibitions include Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art fair (2020), Gallery122 New York pop-up group...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Silver Gelatin
Lifeline (#930001*1)
By Blake Little
Located in New York, NY
Blake Little
Lifeline (#930001*1)
1993
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso
Toned gelatin silver print (Edition of 25)
15 x 15 inches, image
20 x 16 inches, sheet
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Catherine Wilke, Capri (open edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke, Capri (open edition),1980
Chromogenic lambda print
This open edition print is released directly from the Slim Aarons estate.
Catherine Wilke joins the ...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lambda
Summer 85 - Limited edition sensual photo, Contemporary Black white, Figurative
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Summer 85 '
Young topless woman sunbath...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Blue Space Dark - Planet of the Apes 6 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Blue Space Dark - Mindscreen 09 (Night on Earth) - 1999
58x56cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Beaton, High Society, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981. Published and pri...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Lithograph
Francesca - Signed limited edition nude print, Black white, Contemporary woman
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Francesca - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5
This image was captured on film in 1986.
The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Pigment, Phot...
Runaway Ride (The Getaway) - The Last Picture Show - Polaroid, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Runaway Ride - The Getaway (The Last Picture Show) - 1999
40x40cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid.
Artist Inventory #345.
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Africa, Painted Faces, Tribal Women Ethiopia, Photography on Japanese Paper
Located in New york, NY
Painted Faces, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color photograph 13" x 19" of two women with painted faces from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa.
Th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...
Nude in Landscape
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Coming from an earlier interest in portraits and street photography, my Nudes in Water are less about eroticism and more about body as the human vessel ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986 - Sebastião Salgado (Black and White Photography)
Located in London, GB
Serra Pelada, Brazil, 1986
Sebastião Salgado
International Shipping Available
Stamped with photographer’s copyright blind stamp
Signed, inscribed on reverse
Undertaking projects of vast temporal and geographic scope, Sebastião Salgado (born 1944) is one of the most celebrated photojournalists working today. Whilst inescapably memorable for their beauty, Salgado’s photographs...
Category
1980s Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Prisca, Paris 1997
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered
Also available in:
50 x 40 cm / 20 x 16 in
200 x 150 cm / 78.5 x 59 in
A black supermodel is lying on her side.
Thierry Le Gouès...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
To Swallow a Photo of Him the Way One Swallows the Eucharist
By Bill Costa
Located in New York, NY
To Swallow a Photo of Him the Way One Swallows the Eucharist
1994
Lifetime gelatin silver print
10.75 x 7.125 inches, image
14 x 11 inches, sheet
This work is offered by CLAMP in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Stretch - Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Black and white, Model
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Stretch - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 10
This image was captured on film in 1982.
From the same photoshoot, the so-called 'Zip' print by Ian San...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' 1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
1980. Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Dancers, Vintage Gelatin Silver Sepia-Toned Photograph from Prague 1980s
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY
The Dancers, 1984 is an 8" x 8" vintage gelatin silver sepia-toned photograph by contemporary Czech artist Jan Saudek. Signed “Jan,” titled and dated “July 20-23, 1985” in ink below ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
The Actress Barbara Bouchet - Vintage b/w Photograph - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Photo.
Rome, 13.3.86, The German-American Actress Barbara Bouchet.
Good condition.
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Winter Landscape" Dale Bessire, Impressionist American Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Dale Bessire
Winter Landscape
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches
A founding member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association, Dale Bessire was a native of Indianapol...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ange Tranquil au Ciel, Cimetiere du Chateau, Nice, France
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 45
Signed, titled, negative date, print date and numbered.
Sepia toned gelatin silver
Michael Kenna's black and white photographs are powerful and alluring. His imagery t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Franci and Rachael -Figurative sensual photo, Fine art nude print, Contemporary
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Franci and Rachael ‘ who was capture...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
Blumenfeld, Composition, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Notes: From the folio, Erwin Blumenfeld, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1...
Category
1980s Modern Photography
Materials
Offset
MAN RAY (1890-1976), RAYOGRAPH, 1923 Photogravure, FIRST EDITION
By Man Ray
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976)
Title: RAYOGRAPH
Date Of Negative: 1923
Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure.
Date Of Print: 1934 1st Edi...
Category
1920s Photorealist Photography
Materials
Photogravure
Keith Haring with Painted Elephant Statue at 22 East 33rd Street
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
June 19th by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Silver Gelatin Print, Photography
Located in Denton, TX
June 19th by Earlie Hudnall, Jr., is a black and white photograph documenting a family's celebration of Juneteenth, the day in which the last of the enslaved people in Texas were tol...
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
UNTITLED (TORSO)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Original photo transfer on acetate and colored paper mounted on paper. Hand signed on front by the artist. Authenticated by Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Grace Jones for Playboy by Helmut Newton - Vintage Photograph - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Grace Jones for Playboy is a photograph realized by Helmut Newton in 1985.
Albumen print From the series realized by Newton for Playboy magazine.
Edtion 7/85.
Category
1980s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Alek Wek, New York 1996
Located in München, BY
Total Edition of 15
signed and numbered with label
Also available in:
50 x 40 cm / 20 x 16 in
200 x 150 cm / 78.5 x 59 in
Portrait of naked Supermodel Alek Wek...
Category
1990s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Black and White
Warhol Basquiat Boxing advertisement 1985 (Warhol Basquiat boxing 1985)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat boxing pictorial, 1985.
Rare vintage 1985 large sized magazine advertisement for the historic Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat collaborations sh...
Category
1980s Pop Art Photography
Materials
Paper, Offset
William S. Burroughs (Stamped)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Robert Mapplethorpe
William S. Burroughs
Photograph insert from Radar No. 1 (1982)
Year: 1982
Size: 9.8 × 7.8 inches
Stamped verso, unsigned
Accompanied by Radar, Basel, Edition C.L...
Category
1980s American Modern Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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